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A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
Jessica Dragonette
- Princess Glory
- (singing voice)
Lanny Ross
- Prince David
- (singing voice)
Pinto Colvig
- Gabby
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Cal Howard
- Prince David
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jack Mercer
- King Little
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Joseph Oriolo
- Italian Barber
- (uncredited)
Sam Parker
- Gulliver
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Tedd Pierce
- King Bombo
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Livonia Warren
- Princess Glory
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first animated film in which any actor's voice is credited. Disney did not give screen credit to any of the actors who voiced the characters in their animated films.
- GoofsWhen Gulliver is at the sea side after he tucks King Little and the others in at the table, you can see a lighthouse to his left. He sits up and puts the lighthouse on his right. All the time Gulliver is seen from the front the lighthouse is there, but when it's moved to a shot from behind him at the end of the scene, the lighthouse disappears completely.
- Quotes
[first title card]
Scroll: I, Lemuel Gulliver, give thee a most faithful history of my most interesting adventure in the south sea. On the 5th day of November, 1699, having reached latitude 30 degrees - two minutes south - a storm of great fury suddenly,
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- Alternate versionsMany early UK video prints do not include the scene where Gabby and the townsfolk are standing on a sleeping Gulliver's chest, unaware of their situation and puzzled as to where he has gone. There are also some badly edited UK video prints which run at about 60 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into The History of the Hands (2016)
Featured review
Beautifully Animated But Disappointing Overall in Terms of Its Story Presentation
Lemuel Gulliver, his ship wrecked in a fantastic storm, washes ashore on the island of Lilliput, inhabited by people so tiny that Gulliver is a giant in their eyes. Soon Gulliver finds himself entangled in a war between Lilliput and neighboring Blefuscu, all brought about because the two kings of these lands couldn't decide which song was to be sung at the wedding of their two beloved children, who happen to be deeply in love with one another.
The animation is often breathtaking here especially when it focuses on the fairytale like romance between Prince David and Princess Glory. Unfortunately we never fully learn their back story or get to see much of them at all except when it's absolutely necessary to advance the plot. The rotoscoping process used for Gulliver is also fascinating to watch both in terms of its historical significance and the interesting visual impression of realism it creates on screen.
However Jonathan Swift's satirical story is almost completely sacrificed here in favor of fairytale fantasy which arguably borrows more from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet than it does Gulliver's Travels. Its main focus also is on the wrong character, a town crier named Gabby who isn't particularly appealing to the viewer. Too many of the other far more interesting and fun characters get sacrificed to make room for him. Actually the best fun here comes the two kings and their interactions with one another not to mention the hijinks that goes on between Belfuscu spies Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch. Gulliver himself is reduced to friendly giant peacemaker. Prince David does get a great moment towards the end. Of course, it would have had far more impact of the viewer was actually made to care about him.
The animation is often breathtaking here especially when it focuses on the fairytale like romance between Prince David and Princess Glory. Unfortunately we never fully learn their back story or get to see much of them at all except when it's absolutely necessary to advance the plot. The rotoscoping process used for Gulliver is also fascinating to watch both in terms of its historical significance and the interesting visual impression of realism it creates on screen.
However Jonathan Swift's satirical story is almost completely sacrificed here in favor of fairytale fantasy which arguably borrows more from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet than it does Gulliver's Travels. Its main focus also is on the wrong character, a town crier named Gabby who isn't particularly appealing to the viewer. Too many of the other far more interesting and fun characters get sacrificed to make room for him. Actually the best fun here comes the two kings and their interactions with one another not to mention the hijinks that goes on between Belfuscu spies Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch. Gulliver himself is reduced to friendly giant peacemaker. Prince David does get a great moment towards the end. Of course, it would have had far more impact of the viewer was actually made to care about him.
- Space_Mafune
- Jan 14, 2008
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Gulliver'in seyahati
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $700,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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